Now a judge has warned the 32-year-old to address his behaviour before he gets himself ‘badly beaten up’.

Shore had been aboard the P&O ferry Pride of Hull where he was on a work trip to Holland when he targeted the two women.

Hull Crown Court heard his first victim was sat in one of the vessel’s lounge areas with her foot resting on a seat – when Shore made his move.

Steven Welch, prosecuting, said: “He put her big toe into his mouth. She pulled away and said, ‘do not f****** touch me!’. He replied, ‘don’t be such a frigid b****’. He then said he would ‘sort her’ before adding that he ‘was only joking’.”

Steven Shore appeared at Hull Crown Court

The court was also told that Shore’s second victim was talking to some other men when he slapped her on the bottom.

Mr Welch said: “She also replied, ‘do not f****** touch me!’.”

The court was told how Shore, of Dartmouth Place, Meir, also placed his hand on a seat intending for the woman to sit on it. She moved his hand away.

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Mr Welch said the first woman was “very upset” by Shore’s advances. Mr Welch said Shore went on to unzip his top to ‘show his chest’ before touching the woman’s hair and shoulder. “She thought he was going to touch her breast,” said Mr Welch. “She knocked his hand away.”

The defendant was reported to security who placed him in a ‘mediation room’ as his behaviour was abusive. It was in the room where he damaged a foam mattress.

The defendant had been aboard a P&O ferry when the offences took place

Shore went on to plead guilty to two counts of sexual assault and criminal damage. Robert Holt, mitigating, said Shore was in a drunken state and had been “trying to show off” and “be funny.” Mr Holt said the defendant was now teetotal.

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Judge Mark Bury handed Shore a nine-month community order and ordered him to pay the women a total of £400 in compensation.

The Hull Daily Mail reported that he told Shore, who has not been told to sign the sex offenders’ register: “If you keep behaving like this, you are going to get badly beaten up.”

A spokesman for P&O Ferries added: “This kind of completely unacceptable behaviour is extremely rare in the 51-year history of the route and we would like to reassure everyone who travels with us that their safety is always our highest priority from the moment they set foot on one of our ships.”